{
  "id": 17554036,
  "title": "Police make breakthrough in brutal attack where farmer's ears were cut off – two arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/police-make-breakthrough-in-brutal-attack-where-farmers-ears-were-cut",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T07:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-11-01-police-make-breakthrough-in-brutal-attack-where-farmers-ears-were-cut-off-two-arrested/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two suspects have been arrested after a 50-year-old farmer was shot and had his ears cut off during a violent farm robbery in Syferfontein, Ventersdorp, North West.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}